“I’m pretty damn worried.”
— Former Senate leader Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by the Daily Beast, on President Trump’s reelection odds.
Harry Reid Now Backs Impeachment Inquiry
“Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who as recently as last month cautioned Democrats about the perils of pursuing President Trump’s impeachment, now says the House should open an impeachment inquiry that might or might not lead to a formal effort to remove him from office,” USA Today reports.
Said Reid: “It’s not the right thing to do nothing. It’s not the right thing to jump into impeachment without doing an inquiry.”
He added: “Why make Trump a hero by saying ‘they couldn’t impeach me?’”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“My time has come and gone as being a Senator. I of course watch the news, read papers very closely. I miss the battle, but I understand that, that’s not for me now.”
— Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by CNN.
Reid Stops Short of Endorsing Warren for President
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told the Boston Globe that he won’t endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for president, but added that he is willing to do anything else to help her.
Said Reid: “She’s a good person. I think the world of her. My Nevada politics keep me from publicly endorsing her, which I will not do. But anything I can do to help Elizabeth Warren short of the endorsement, I will do.”
Reid Machine Keeps Humming In Nevada
“Harry Reid may no longer lead Senate Democrats in Washington, but the political machine he built in Nevada has Republicans on the run,” the AP reports.
“Democrats romped up and down the state in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, ousting Republican Sen. Dean Heller, winning races for governor and lieutenant governor, and expanding their state legislative majorities.”
Reid Has Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer, the Nevada Independent reports.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I had 12 hours of surgery on my face, broke all the bones in my face. What did he say? Did he send me a note of sympathy? He said, words to the effect ‘hope Reid tries another accident, gets hurt again.’ How about that? He is not a nice man and that’s an understatement.”
— Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), in an interview with NBC News, on President Trump.
Quote of the Day
“Until the last year or so, I never heard of the man. Now I’ve heard of him.”
— Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), quoted by Politico, on former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon.
Reid Urged Warren to Run for President in 2020
New York Times: “Reid brought Elizabeth Warren onto the Democratic Senate leadership team in 2014, and she was one of the people he most trusted to keep the Senate caucus on its bearings through the difficult weather ahead. Shortly before Thanksgiving, he summoned Warren to the minority leader’s office. When she arrived, the room was littered with art supplies; on an easel was a half-finished portrait of Reid that would be unveiled at his retirement party the following month. Its subject was preoccupied with the future of the party to which he had dedicated decades of his life. Reid told Warren she needed to think seriously about running for president in 2020.”
Schumer Leadership Promises Sharp Break from Reid
Politico: “The most glaring display of the shift so far is the sprawling leadership team Schumer has appointed and promised to consult before making key decisions — in contrast to Reid’s smaller, close-knit group of lieutenants and knack for taking hard lines on his own.”
“The core group of 10 senators includes Manchin and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) at one end of the political spectrum, and Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at the other, making the leadership table a potential hotbed of ideological tension. The 10 lawmakers will be involved in all crucial party meetings, senators said. Reid often limited such gatherings to his top four and occasionally would act unilaterally.”
“Schumer configured a unique structure for his top deputy to head off a clash between Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Patty Murray (D-WA), who had refused to rule out challenging Durbin for the No. 2 post. The press-adept Durbin will count votes and serve as a rapid responder to Republicans on controversies of the day, while Murray will be more of a backroom operator and party strategist, paying special attention to Democrats up for reelection after shepherding them into office as DSCC chairman in 2012.”
Reid Says 2020 Field Looks Like an ‘Old Folks Home’
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) told New York magazine that the likely 2020 class of Democratic presidential candidates is starting to resemble “an old-folks’ home.”
Said Reid: “We’ve got Warren; she’ll be 71. Biden will be 78. Bernie will be 79.”
The Hill: Warren stirs talk of 2020 White House run.
Reid Says Trump Campaign ‘Was In On’ Russian Hacking
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) told the Huffington Post that the Trump campaign knew about Russian attempts to sway the election.
Said Reid: “Someone in the Trump campaign organization was in on the deal. I have no doubt. Now, whether they told [Trump] or not, I don’t know. I assume they did. But there is no question about that. So there is collusion there, clearly.”
Reid Warns GOP on Repealing Obamacare
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) offers a warning to Republicans in the New York Times:
Despite the fact that your nominee lost the popular vote by nearly three million votes, your leaders have announced their intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act early in the next Congress, with no replacement. This is a dramatic misreading of your mandate. It will lead you into a quagmire that will cause pain for millions of Americans and bedevil you for the next four years.
Repealing Obamacare will take health insurance away from millions of Americans — as many as 30 million, by one recent estimate. It will raise premiums and throw health insurance markets into disarray. Public support for repeal is low, and support for repeal without a replacement is in the basement.
If you continue down this path, you will be letting your reflexive opposition to President Obama’s legacy cloud your judgment. I was in the Senate when President George W. Bush misread his mandate and sought to privatize Social Security. His administration never recovered.
Quote of the Day
“I don’t think the Democratic Party is in that big of trouble. I mean, if Comey kept his mouth shut, we would have picked up a couple more Senate seats and we probably would have elected Hillary.”
— Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), in an interview with Politico.
Reid Says Comey Threw Election to Trump
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) blasted FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of being a “Republican operative” who caused Hillary Clinton to lose the election to Donald Trump, The Hill reports.
Said Reid: “It’s easy to second-guess what Hillary did. I love Hillary Clinton, I am sorry she lost. I did everything I could to help … but there is no question in my mind she would have won this election without any problem if Comey had not been the Republican operative that he is.”
He added: “He can be fat and happy in his office there for seven more years after having thrown the election to Donald Trump. If he feels good about that — that’s nice.”
How Harry Reid Likely Delivered Nevada for Clinton
Jon Ralston: “Yet about one thing Trump was right: Harry Reid built this. After two years of boosting voter registration among key Democratic demographics, the retiring Senate majority leader has brought turnout among Hispanics in the state to record levels. In doing so, he’s almost surely delivered the state for Hillary Clinton—and possibly with it the presidential race (Trump has only the narrowest path to 270 electoral votes without Nevada). The reality of this election is that if Clinton wins, especially if she ends up needing Nevada, it’s not a stretch to declare that Reid was the single most important person in her victory.”
“Reid’s ground operation exploited the fear and loathing of Trump to the max, and the early results bear it out: Whereas the Latino vote was 15 percent of the Nevada electorate in 2008 and 18 percent in 2012, data I have seen shows now it is up 30 percent from 2012 in early voting, meaning it could go above 20 percent of all voters by Tuesday evening.”
Reid Accuses Comey of Breaking Federal Law
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said that FBI Director James Comey “may have violated a federal law when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Reid: “I am writing to inform you that my office has determined that these actions may violate the Hatch Act. Through your partisan actions, you may have broken the law.”
Reid Says Trump Not As Rich As He Claims
“Seeking to shake up a tight presidential race, Harry Reid declared Tuesday on the Senate floor that Donald Trump is a ‘swindler’ who is ‘not as rich as he would have us believe’ — as the Nevada Democrat moved to reprise the 2012 strategy that saw him hammer Mitt Romney repeatedly over his tax returns,” Politico reports.
Said Reid: “He was born with an inheritance but lost his daddy’s wealth … that’s why Donald Trump won’t release his tax returns. That’s certainly one of the reasons, of course: He is not worth nearly as much as he claims to be. That’s a secret he doesn’t want anyone to know. He wants everyone to think he’s this big, rich, rich man.”
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